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I used to live in Lycoming County and a Marine vet asked me if I knew him. I told him I did not, but would see if anyone else did. He referred me to a website listed below. Seems he may not be who...

Looking for anyone who knew Frederick (Rick) Grunsby. Served in Vietnam with Hq Co, 1st Mar Div from 16 October 1966 to 20 April 1967 and from 6 June 1970 to 2 February 1971 with 1st Mar 1st Mar...

I am doing some research for a biography and am looking for any connection
to Marines who served with Company B, First Marine Battalion, First Marines,
First Marine Division (Reinforced), Fleet...

Thanks, yellowwing, for setting the record straight.

covan

Thanks, Ricardo,

I do have a photo of the gravesite, such as it is, and have been in contact with the cemetery folks, as well as the VA, to see if I can get a marker placed. I have all of the...

Hi MillRatUCMC,

The Marine I am researching is Albert Ralph Campbell. He enlisted in the Corps in 1897, served in Cuba, the Philippines, China (awarded the CMH), and went back to the Philippines...

Thanks for clarifying that for me. I understand now.

Mike

Hi dibob,

Thanks for your reply and your information. That's interesting information about the Korean War replacement system, too. I had never of heard of a unit called the "Replacement Draft." ...

Thanks for the reply, Gary.

He didn't serve in Korea. He died in 1964.

covan is just a handle. It means "advisor" in Vietnamese. That's what I was. Probably shouldn't admit this on a Marine...

Can I e-mail you the short essay I've written on my Boxer Rebellion Marine? (that one is not about my uncle). I am still researching but I keep writing to keep my thoughts together.

I'm...

Thanks, John

I have contacted them on other questions and thought that I would throw this one out to the real experts here on the list.

My uncle was an old timer by standards. He graduated...

Thanks. Do you know what kind of unit it would be?

When I first read it I thought it possibly said 29th Repl Dpt but it definitely reads "Dft."

My uncle was a T. Sgt according to his...

I have been given some letters from an uncle who served in World War II. The return address on some of the letters is: 29th Repl. Dft, C/O S.F., Calif. The mail originated on Okinawa in April 1945....

marinemom: looked at the Treasury website and came up dry and I haven't seen anything on the web, at least, where the respective QM's have any relevent information.

The information about pay...

TracGunny: These are some great tips. I will try to contact R.R. Keene through the MCA and see if he can tell me anything.

marinemom: That sounds logical but I'm trying to obtain any primary...

Thanks for the leads TracGunny

covan

In an January 2002 article entitled "Where 'Even monkeys fall from trees'" appearing in Leatherneck Magazine R.R. Keene the author stated that the Marines in the Philippines were paid $12.80 per...

During the Spanish-American War were Marines paid in gold?

covan